Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

A Horse Is A Horse Poem by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

A horse is a horse and a man is a manAnd neither can be the otherAnd each can survive but is much betterIn the company of one another.And while a horse is a horse and that is trueA horse is but a beastAs a cow is a cow, some ask howOn its flesh we should not feast? For they do so in France as in other placesAnd I don't know how they canFor while a horse is a horse and is only a horseIt is less a cow than it is a man!